Good Samaritan fatally shot after aiding two women

Ralph Michael Lopez and his wife Mandy Lopez were trying to help two women get off the streets after one of them was allegedly trying to get out of an abusive relationship. He was shot to death in his driveway by one of the women's ex-boyfriend.

SAN ANTONIO -- Police said a man’s decision to help two women proved fatal early Monday when he was shot during an altercation.

Two others have been charged with murder in the death of Ralph Michael Lopez, 34.

Police said Lopez and a woman invited the other two women to their home in the 9200 block of Lytle Avenue to “help them out,” as the two women had been thrown out of their apartment.

Once in the South Side home, the other two women got into an argument with each other, and one of them called for a ride to take them away, police said.

Dustin Lee Osborne, 19, and Gabriel Aguilar, 39, showed up, but one of the women — Osborne’s ex-girlfriend — refused to leave with them, according to police.

While the group was arguing, Osborne and Aguilar got out of their car. Lopez asked the other men to leave without any trouble and walked them back to the car, police said.

At that point, Osborne shot Lopez three times, according to police.

Osborne, Aguilar and the two women left in a small black car, police said. Lopez was taken to the San Antonio Military Medical Center, where he died.

Gang Unit officers later stopped the car that Osborne and Aguilar were in. Osborne and Aguilar admitted to police that Osborne had shot Lopez, following Aguilar’s orders, authorities said.

Osborne and Aguilar were both charged with murder. Bail was set at $150,000 each.

According to records, Osborne was arrested last month in San Antonio for unlawfully carrying a weapon. Aguilar was given deferred adjudication for a marijuana possession charge from 1996.